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Table 6. Primary Sources of Drinking
Water and Purification Systems Used by Households in Carlsbad, Loving-Malaga,
and Hobbs, New Mexico
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|
Frequency (percent) |
|
|
Carlsbad |
|
Loving-Malaga |
|
Hobbs |
|
|
n |
(percent) |
|
n |
(percent) |
|
n |
(percent) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Source |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Municipal water |
513 |
(82.5) |
|
138 |
(75.8) |
|
206 |
(62.2) |
| Private well |
31 |
(5.0) |
|
10 |
(5.5) |
|
86 |
(26.0) |
| Neighborhood system |
34 |
(5.5) |
|
18 |
(9.9) |
|
8 |
(2.4) |
| Bottled water |
41 |
(6.6) |
|
13 |
(7.1) |
|
31 |
(9.4) |
| Don’t know/refused |
3 |
(0.5) |
|
3 |
(1.6) |
|
0 |
(0.0) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purification system used |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yes |
71 |
(11.4) |
|
18 |
(9.9) |
|
53 |
(16.0) |
| No |
550 |
(88.4) |
|
163 |
(89.6) |
|
278 |
(84.0) |
| Don’t know/refused |
1 |
(0.2) |
|
1 |
(0.5) |
|
0 |
(0.0) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Purification system type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Charcoal filter |
25 |
(35.2) |
|
3 |
(16.7) |
|
18 |
(34.0) |
| Reverse osmosis |
29 |
(40.8) |
|
4 |
(22.2) |
|
16 |
(30.2) |
| Other (e.g., filter) |
17 |
(23.9) |
|
11 |
(61.1) |
|
19 |
(35.8) |
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